The rules for moving talent across borders are being rewritten. Policy environments are shifting faster than most companies can track, processing systems in major economies remain paper-based and unpredictable, and geopolitical events are forcing rapid relocations that few teams were built to handle.
In the middle of all this, a real competition is underway. When the US raised its H-1B filing fee to $100,000, Canada, Germany, the UK, the UAE, and China responded within weeks—launching accelerated pathways, cutting barriers, and targeting the same pool of high-skilled workers. Workers who once had a single clear destination now have a dozen. This is the moment Deel's immigration and global mobility research report was built for.
Join our policy, economics, and immigration experts as they walk through what our data—drawn from 40,000+ customers hiring across 150+ countries—reveals about the shifting map of global talent. Where workers are going. What they earn when they get there. And what it costs companies when the infrastructure to move them isn't ready.
What's on the agenda?
In this session, we'll cover:
- Why visa holders out-earn local workers in comparable roles in the UK, US, and UAE
- Which countries are winning the competition for high-skilled workers, and the policy changes driving that shift
- The operational cost of immigration complexity: delayed hires, compliance exposure, and what happens when a crisis hits with no infrastructure in place
- How to build a mobility program that works before you need it, from a single view of case status to crisis relocation protocols
- What good actually looks like for HR and global mobility teams managing workers across multiple jurisdictions
